FisheriesA 2.1kg hilsa sells for Tk7,200 at the Kuakata auction
The fish fetched Tk3,625 a kilogram at a Patuakhali auction, while researchers warn that large hilsa are becoming scarce.
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FisheriesHilsa catch down 30pc as the season ends, a third straight year of decline
The Department of Fisheries estimates the July-August catch fell 30 to 40 per cent year on year; a 22-day fishing ban runs from 8 to 29 October.
FisheriesOne trawler's Tk 26 lakh hilsa haul stands out in a dismal Cox's Bazar season
FV Kulsuma sold 2,200 hilsa for Tk 2.64 million after five empty days at sea; 4,000 of the district's 6,000 trawlers are idle and hilsa landings have collapsed.
FisheriesFive and a half months on, nine fishermen are still held in Myanmar
Sixteen fishermen were detained by the Myanmar army after their trawler lost its way in a storm in March; nine of them, from Lakshmipur, have yet to come home.
FisheriesA slender sunfish comes up in a Kuakata net, and no one will buy it
The 2.7-kilogram fish was landed at an arat at the Mahipur fish landing centre in Patuakhali, but went unsold because nobody recognised it.
FisheriesSri Lankan father and son adrift for 36 days rescued by Bangladeshi fishermen
Ziaur Rahman of Kutubjom union and his seven crew found the disabled trawler inside Bangladeshi waters after the two men refused to abandon it.
FisheriesHilsa output falls for a third year and the fish is getting smaller
Production has slipped from 571,000 tonnes in 2022-23 to 504,000 tonnes in 2024-25, and a six-year project to raise it has effectively failed.